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The Bright Side of Imprecision: Creativity Meets Rational Inattention

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  • Giuseppe Attanasi
  • Giuseppe Ciccarone
  • Giovanni Di Bartolomeo

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We propose a simple model that connects creativity to rational inattention, introducing a new formal channel through which imprecise information generates creative benefits. While imprecision usually entails costs, it can also make creativity a complementary dimension of information acquisition, reshaping the trade-off between attention and decision quality. Our main result is that creativity reduces the effective cost of information processing.

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  • Giuseppe Attanasi & Giuseppe Ciccarone & Giovanni Di Bartolomeo, 2026. "The Bright Side of Imprecision: Creativity Meets Rational Inattention," Working Papers in Public Economics 268, Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Roma.
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    JEL classification:

    • D90 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - General
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • D80 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - General

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